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IDF arrests Hamas cabinet minister in West Bank raid
Israel Defense Forces troops raided the West Bank home of a cabinet minister in the Hamas-led Palestinian unity government on Saturday and arrested him as part of a widening offensive against Hamas... "This aggression will not achieve its goals but it will lead to further escalations that will have dangerous consequences," Palestinian Prime Minister
Hamas says Israel's strikes in Gaza endanger Gilad Shalit
"Israel can forget about Gilad Shalit if they kill leaders of the military or political wing of Hamas," Hamas spokesman Abu Ovadia said in an interview with the website for the armed wing of Hamas.
Fatah man killed in clashes with PA policemen in West Bank
According to the witnesses, a security force arrived in Tubas at the home of Raed Abdul Razek, a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah movement, to arrest him on criminal charges. The gunman and others with him opened fire at the security force, who returned fire fatally wounding Abdul Razek.
Palestinian resistance fighters attack Israeli security forces
A Border Policeman and an Israeli security gaurd were moderately to seriously wounded Saturday evening when two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli roadblock near the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Saad.
Fatah's armed wing claims responsibility for attack near Jerusalem
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, armed wing of Fatah of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, claimed responsibility on Saturday night for an earlier attack on Israeli troops in east Jerusalem.
Israeli forces kidnap three high school students and attack a Palestinian NGO in Hebron
Israeli forces attacked and searched a local cultural club and a number of hoses in Hebron and nearby villages in the southern part of the West Bank on Saturday morning, kidnapping three youths.
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Lebanese Army imposes restrictions on coverage of camp siege
The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned that journalists have been prevented since Monday from entering a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon during clashes between Islamist militants and the Lebanese Army.
Solidarity in Shatila
Mayssoun Sukarieh writing from Shatila Refugee Camp, Live from Lebanon, 26 May 2007.
UN pleads for civilians trapped by Lebanon camp siege
The United Nations pleased for the welfare of thousands of civilians trapped by the Lebanese army's siege of Islamist militants holed up in a refugee camp as the few hundred who escaped on Saturday told harrowing tales.
"Another Waco in the Making" Inside Nahr el-Bared
With very intermittent internet access and this ancient pc with one lone wire running from the spaghetti wiring system tied to the ceiling and taped to a single bare light bulb socket, plus 8 toddlers, two babies, crawling over and under this 'foreigner' in a 10 x 12 concrete room where 28 or more of us slept on the floor last night, this blurb may never be sent. But if it does get out and for what it's worthan update on the situation in the Palestinian Nabr al-Bared and Bedawi Camps.
Top architects accuse Israelis of oppression
"APJP asserts that the actions of our fellow professionals working with these enterprises are clearly unethical, immoral and contravene universally recognised professional codes of conduct," a spokesman said. "We ask the Israeli Association of United Architects (IAUA) to meet their professional obligations to declare their opposition to this inhuman occupation."
PA Chair proposes truce with Israel in Gaza first, then in W. Bank
Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Friday presented the various Palestinian factions with a proposal for a month-long cease-fire with Israel in the Gaza Strip which would later be implemented in the West Bank as well. A Hamas spokesman said that Hamas is currently studying the proposal.
Secret memo shows Israel knew Six Day War was illegal
A senior legal official who secretly warned the government of Israel after the Six Day War of 1967 that it would be illegal to build Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories has said, for the first time, that he still believes that he was right.
Cry, the beloved country
South Africa - It was like being in the movies. Only there would you see an inert photo suddenly come to life. We were standing at the memorial museum in Soweto, next to a photo of a dead boy with other children around him, and our guide Antoinette was telling us about it. Antoinette said that the young girl in the picture was her.
Israeli officials say Syria seems serious about talks
There is a growing consensus within the Israeli government that Syria is serious about resuming negotiations with the Jewish state, Israeli officials involved in the assessment said on Saturday.
The need for continuous PR
This reality has forced Israel to be prepared to fight on five fronts: military, diplomatic, economic, legal (in the international arena) and hasbara (public diplomacy). All five are interconnected and influence one another. They need a single strategy that can be carried out in different ways.
Stand with Palestine - Protest the annual "Walk with Israel"
This Sunday Jews, Palestinians, and protest supporters will be present at the "Walk with Israel" to object to the unquestioning and uncritical support the mainstream Jewish community and its allies in government gives to the state of Israel. As thousands of participants march past the gates of Trinity Bellwoods Park, we will be standing in solidarity for Palestinian rights. We will stand in protest. We will stand with Palestine.
Wall and Checkpoints Reach San Jose
Students at San Jose University disguise as soldiers, Palestinians at improvised checkpoint to condemn Israeli army's occupation of West Bank. On Israel's Independence Day this year, Max Grossman, an Art and Design lecturer at the University of San Jose in California, fell upon a giant wall built on campus by a student organization called Students for Change.
Former Australian army lawyer says Rumsfeld's handling of Iraq almost criminal
Kelly — an expert on the law of occupation and peacemaking operations with experience in Somalia, Bosnia and East Timor — said he offered a plan to stop looting and protect infrastructure soon after former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was toppled.
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